Geraldin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Geraldin

The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Geraldin between 1964 and 2023, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geraldin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geraldin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Geraldin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Geraldin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geraldin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 126 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.